Members of the Khyber Rifles, 1895 (c)

Photograph, North West Frontier, 1895 (c).

The Khyber Rifles were one of several paramilitary police units recruited from the tribesmen of the North West Frontier. They served as auxiliaries to the regular Indian Army. Raised in the early 1880s and recruited from Afridi Pathan tribesmen, the Rifles were commanded by British officers on secondment from regular Indian regiments.

From a photograph album of 163 photographs, 1894-1900.